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Anson Mills saw frontier service in Arizona and Kansas, where he bravely fought against the Apache and the Cheyenne, respectively. As a battalion commander with the army, he played an important role in Reynolds's Powder River campaign of early 1876, and in the Great Sioux War later that year. His good fortune continued after his service, when he became a millionaire after inventing and improving military items.

John McDermott is a former National Park Service historian and currently works as an independent historian and heritage tourism consultant. He has previously published A Guide to the Indian Wars of the West and Frontier Crossroads: The History of Fort Caspar and the Upper Platte Crossing.